Changes in biodiversity and functioning of reef fish assemblages following coral bleaching and coral loss

MS Pratchett, AS Hoey, SK Wilson, V Messmer… - Diversity, 2011 - mdpi.com
Coral reef ecosystems are increasingly subject to severe, large-scale disturbances caused
by climate change (eg, coral bleaching) and other more direct anthropogenic impacts. Many …

Fishing impacts and the degradation or loss of habitat structure

SJ Turner, SF Thrush, JE Hewitt… - Fisheries …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The wider effects of fishing on marine ecosystems have become the focus of growing
concern among scientists, fisheries managers and the fishing industry. The present review …

The effects of fishing on marine ecosystems

S Jennings, MJ Kaiser - Advances in marine biology, 1998 - Elsevier
We review the effects of fishing on benthic fauna, habitat, diversity, community structure and
trophic interactions in tropical, temperate and polar marine environments and consider …

Limits to understanding and managing outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.)

RN Hughes, DJ Hughes… - Oceanography and marine …, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.) remain a major cause of coral
mortality in the Indo-Pacific, contributing to widespread and accelerating degradation of …

Ailurus fulgens

MS Roberts, JL Gittleman - Mammalian species, 1984 - academic.oup.com
DIAGNOSIS. The genus Ailurus includes one living species; thus the following characters
(Pocock, 1921, 1941; Thomas, 1902) apply to both genus and species. Readily …

The relationship between fish species richness, abundance and habitat complexity in a range of shallow tropical marine habitats

B Gratwicke, MR Speight - Journal of fish biology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A simple habitat assessment score (HAS) was designed to assess habitat complexity across
several different shallow tropical marine habitats including sandy patches, algal beds …

Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes—ecological and economic consequences

MS Pratchett, PL Munday, SK Wilson… - … and marine biology, 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Global climate change is having devastating effects on habitat structure in coralreef
ecosystems owing to extreme environmental sensitivities and consequent bleaching of …

Appraisal of visual assessments of habitat complexity and benthic composition on coral reefs

SK Wilson, NAJ Graham, NVC Polunin - Marine Biology, 2007 - Springer
Visual assessments of topographic habitat structure and benthos on coral reefs were
appraised using quantitative data collected from 16 replicate surveys within each of 21 sites …

Effects of habitat, wave exposure, and marine protected area status on coral reef fish assemblages in the Hawaiian archipelago

AM Friedlander, EK Brown, PL Jokiel, WR Smith… - Coral reefs, 2003 - Springer
The relationships between fish assemblages, their associated habitat, and degree of
protection from fishing were evaluated over a broad spatial scale throughout the main …

Comparison of field methods for measuring surface topography and their associations with a tropical reef fish assemblage

MI McCormick - Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf, 1994 - int-res.com
The relationships between 6 measures of substratum topography or vertical relief and a
tropical fish assemblage were evaluated and the merits of the various measures were …